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Navratri is one of the most cherished Hindu holidays in India. It’s celebrated every year in honour of the Mother Goddess Durga. Navratri originates from the Sanskrit words Nava and Ratri, which mean nine and night. The 9 days of Navaratri Festival symbolises ...

"Garba" is derived from a Sanskrit word known as Garbha, which means "womb,".  The female aspect of divinity, Durga, is thus honoured by the dancers.

The Gujarati ceremonial performance known as the Garba dance, whose traditions stretch back at least to the 15th century...

From how Lord Ganesha got his head to the interesting story of the missing conch, this blog iterates popular stories and the morals that children can learn from Lord Ganesha...

It's not in India that I visited my first Hindu temple or seen my first Bharatanatyam performance... But in Singapore, where I was lucky to study for one year. I remember being in awe with the colors, intricate architecture and devout atmosphere of the temples, and how I was moved by the delicateness and the precision of the dancer's movements, even though I couldn't understand their meaning.

Millions of women across India draw kolam on their courtyards everyday. For most of them this is “a way of life” and its practised without needing to know the philosophical, scientific and symbolic aspects of these simple art form. Find out these deep underlying meaning behind this simple practice.